Keno’s History
Thursday, 14. January 2016
Keno was introduced in 200 BC by the Chinese military leader, Cheung Leung who used this game as a monetary resource for his declining army. The city of Cheung was waging a battle, and after a bit of war time appeared to be looking at a country wide shortage of food with the excessive decrease in supplies. Cheung Leung needed to create a fast fix for the economic disaster and to create money for his military. He therefore created the game we now know as keno and it was a fantastic success.
Keno used to be well-known as the White Pigeon Game, since the winning numbers were sent out by pigeons from larger locations to the smaller villages. The lotto ‘Keno’ was imported to America in the 1800s by Chinese immigrants who migrated to the States to work. In those times, Keno was played with 120 numbers.
Today, Keno is typically wagered on with just 80 numbers in almost all of the US based casinos along with net casinos. Keno is largely liked today as a consequence of the laid back nature of wagering the game and the basic fact that there are little expertise required to play Keno. Despite the reality that the odds of coming away with a win are appalling, there is constantly the chance that you might win quite big with little gambling investment.
Keno is played with 80 numbers and 20 numbers are drawn each game. Players of Keno can pick from 2 to 10 numbers and gamble on them, as much or as little as they want to. The pay out of Keno is dependent on the bets made and the roll out of matching numbers.
Keno grew in universal appeal in the United States near the end of the 19th century when the Chinese letters were replaced with more familiar, American numbers. Lottos were not covered under the legalization of gaming in the state of Nevada in 1931. The casinos adjusted the name of the ‘Chinese lotto’ to ‘horse race keno’ employing the concept that the numbers are horses and you want your horses to come in. When a law passed that taxed off track gambling, the casinos swiftly adjusted the name to ‘Keno’.
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